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SBC Funds Launch of Preschool Internet Learning Program; Oldtimers Foundation Receives $25,000 From SBC to Deliver BeSchoolReady Program
LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- July 29, 2005 -- SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) today delivered a $25,000 grant to the Oldtimers Foundation, a multi-purpose community-based organization providing a wide range of social services to residents of Southeast Los Angeles County, to launch the BeSchoolReady program - an Internet learning program designed by A Reality Works Company to ensure that children enter school with the skills they need to learn and be successful in the classroom.
Former State Senator Richard Polanco and a representative for State Senator Martha Escutia, whose district includes the Huntington Park Oldtimers Foundation Family Center where today's event was held, were joined by Oldtimers Foundation Executive Director George Cole to accept the grant check today from Karime Sanchez Bradvica, SBC executive director - external affairs.
SBC's grant to the Oldtimers Foundation will allow 500 preschool students the opportunity to take advantage of the learning program.
"At SBC, we believe every child should have opportunities to succeed," said Dave Nichols, SBC senior vice president, external affairs - south. "Through SBC's support of the Oldtimers Foundation and the BeSchoolReady program, we fund a much needed program that better prepares youngsters for learning and achieving academic success."
Following the check presentation ceremony, Bradvica participated in a tour of the computer lab where Los Pasitos Preschool students were receiving instruction on the BeSchoolReady learning program.
The BeSchoolReady program will be implemented in areas across Los Angeles County including schools, community centers, churches, libraries, homes and other locations that offer Internet access. For more information, visit www.BeSchoolReady.com for more details on how local children can become involved in the program.
SBC Communications Inc. is a Fortune 50 company whose subsidiaries, operating under the SBC brand, provide a full range of voice, data, networking, e-business, directory publishing and advertising, and related services to businesses, consumers and other telecommunications providers. SBC holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which serves more than 50 million wireless customers. SBC companies provide high-speed DSL Internet access lines to more American consumers than any other provider and are among the nation's leading providers of Internet services. SBC companies also now offer satellite TV service. Additional information about SBC and SBC products and services is available at www.sbc.com.
The Oldtimers Foundation is a501c3 multi-purpose community- based organization which provides a wide range of social services which include Housing, Nutrition, Transportation Services, Education, Health, Arts & Culture and Recreational Activities. Our Family Center facility provides programs that serve many under-served residents in the Southeast part of Los Angeles County. The Oldtimers purpose is the enhancement, growth, and welfare of all its clients walking through our doors. We are an organization dedicated to helping residents recognize and resolve individual, family, and community problems that inhibit their personal growth.
The Reality Works Company was founded in 2001 to enable students to achieve advanced levels of learning through engaging and instructionally sound tools that teachers - and parents - can easily utilize from the Internet. Unlike many other education software companies, we look first at the needs of students and educators. Then we create individually-based instruction and assessment tools to meet these needs. Of course, our products are fun, engaging and interactive. But, first, they must be instructionally sound and able to meet and even exceed state standards. The Reality Works educational programs currently include programs that do accelerate learning for students in language and math for preschool children and students from kindergarten to 2nd grade.
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